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Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where there's a murder
~ Bella ~I sat alone in my car, staring at the office building. I couldn't bring myself to go in yet.The events of yesterday with Nikolai continued to play in my head.I felt awful. Like it was my fault that everything happened the way it did.I suppose it wasn't fair that I suddenly turned my back on him because I couldn't control myself.But having seen him like that yesterday... it felt like a different Nikolai.And this version scared the shit out of me. Even worse, I'd have to see him again too.My alarm went off, sending me jumping. I bumped my head into the top of the car."Ouch!" I muttered, rubbing my head. It was time to go in, I couldn't delay it any longer.I walked in slowly. The first thing I noticed when I entered my office was Maggie.She was standing in front of her desk, not sitting. That was already strange in itself.She was looking at something on her desk. Her hand was clasped over her mouth, horror on her face.I was already so tightly strung that my heart imm
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where he tries to prove his innocence
"Boss, we didn't know you'll be leaving so soon," Ahmad said when I suddenly returned to the car.He bowed. Boulin, who was standing next to him, bowed too."Change of plans," I said shortly.I'd told them that I'd be spending most of the day at Bella's office.After my conversation with Mathias last night, I'd realized that I may have overreacted so I'd wanted to spend time today making up for that.All chances for that were thrown out the window now that she considered me a murder suspect."Get in. We need to go," I ordered. "Bella will be coming with us.""Yes, boss," Ahmad said but gave me a quizzical look. I ignored him and got in.He held the door open and let Bella get in beside me then he got into the driver's seat. Boulin got into the passenger seat."Where to?" Ahmad asked."The compound," I said.There was no more talking in the car after that.Everyone could feel the weight of my mood and not even Ahmad dared to strike up a conversation.I saw him glancing at me in the rev
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where she sees the light
~ Bella ~I could see the unspoken question in Nikolai's eyes. 'Do you now believe?' he seemed to be asking with his eyes.I swallowed. I was starting to see the truth while my brain scrambled to put together the pieces of the puzzle.According to Ahamd, after they'd left Tony's apartment, they dropped Nikolai off at the compound gate.If that was true, then truly was no way that Nikolai returned to the apartment unnoticed to kill Tony.I'd carefully taken note of the path to the compound.It was set so far into the woods that he would have needed a car to get back to town.Of course, that applied if and only if Ahmad was telling the truth.Like I pointed out earlier, Nikolai's men would gladly lie for him if the need arose. I could only take their words with a pinch of salt.But hearing this kid's testimony... I couldn't bring myself to believe that a kid like this would lie so cleverly.More so, would Nikolai really ask a child to lie on his behalf?And to what end? Why go to all t
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where they go on tour
~ Bella~A thrill of happiness washed over my spine."This isn't right," I whispered brokenly. I shouldn't be doing this at all."This is what is right," he countered. He placed my palm against his. "You and I are what is right. Can't you feel it?"Standing like this, facing him, palms touching, it really did feel amazing.I wouldn't have been surprised to find that we were surrounded by a halo.I sighed and dropped my hand. "Nikolai, I'm not going to lie and say that I don't feel the most intoxicating feelings for you..."He smiled and nodded."But I am married. I don't know what that means to werewolves. I don't understand much about this mate thing. But I love Parker, and I married him. For us humans, that is forever."His smile dropped."A marriage cannot beat the mate bond, Bella," he said."I don't know about that. All I know is that I intend to be faithful to my husband for as long as I can," I countered."You know what? There's no point arguing," he said. "No matter how much y
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where they're the murderers
~ Bella ~I turned slowly in the direction of the intimidating voice that sent the kids scrambling like that.I cringed, expecting to see someone like Boulin walk around the corner.Instead, a woman suddenly appeared around the corner and began waking towards us.I was shocked. She was a small woman, even smaller then me.She was dressed in a frilly pink dress and pretty white shoes.Her gleaming red hair revealed that she was most likely the mother of little girl who'd complimented me. I'd noticed a few more red-heads among the children. Probably all hers.I couldn't believe my eyes. This tiny woman had sounded like that?She stopped in front of us and bowed. "Alpha Nikolai," she said."Leia, you sent the kids away,. I was enjoying our time together" he said. "They were getting to know Bella."I rolled my eyes. Yeah, right! More like they were putting me in a difficult position, asking me difficult question, and he was enjoying that.He saw me roll my eyes and smiled. "I'm not sur
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where they head to the station
~ Bella ~"What are we going to do now?" I asked, panicking."There's no need to panic," he said. "Let's just take it one step at a time, okay?" He turned to Ahmad. "What's the situation?" "They've got an APB out on both of you," he said. "They want you to bring you in for questioning."I gave Nikolai a questioning look. "How does he know that? Do you listen in to their radio chatter or something?"I'd asked it half in jest, a desperate attempt to make light of a very scary situation. But then he gave me an odd look in response."Really? You do?" I spat in shock. "How do you want us to approach this?" Ahmad asked, pulling his attention back."Bella is involved. We have to take the legal route," he said.I couldn't say a word. All I could do was look back and forth between them, wondering what the other method would involve."It's best we go in ourselves before they find us," he continued. "But we'll need a lawyer. Sadly, my lawyer is going to be in jail with me," he said with a smi
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where she prepares for interrogation
~ Bella ~Nikolai was practically burning holes in Parker's hand on my head. I rolled my eyes. Now I remembered how he'd reacted weirdly every time that Parker's name came up in the past.I'd attributed his reactions to crazy Alpha mood swings at the time and that had scared the shit out of me.But now that I knew it was just him being jealous... I couldn't help but be amused.Completely oblivious, Parker drew back and turned to Nikolai."Mr Reese, I hope you're okay," he said."I'm fine," Nikolai answered in a clipped tone. "We should probably head inside now so we can leave as soon as possible."Parker nodded. "I agree," he said. "But first, I want to make sure you're on the same page because they are going to question you separately. If you conflict each other in any way, that can be problematic for us.""There's no reason to worry about that!" Nikolai said. "All we need to do is tell the truth, isn't it?""Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr Reese, but I take it you're still trying to ke
Dear Husband, I'm the Alpha's Mate The one where she's interrogated
~ Bella ~"Let's get started, Mrs Smith," the officer said.I nodded, squeezing Parker's hand subtly under the table.He opened a folder that he'd brought into the room and pulled something out. He turned it around and slid it to me across the table.I bent closer to see what it was. I found myself staring into my own face. It was a picture of me standing outside Tony's apartment building.I was in motion, walking. Probably towards my car. I was pale as a ghost in the picture.This must be the picture making the rounds in the media."Can you identify that this is you, Mrs Smith?" He asked.I nodded. "Yes, it is.""Okay, good. Please tell me how you came to be at this location at that day and time," he said."Well, I'm a lawyer and I've been handling a case involving a figure skating couple. They'd been sued by Tony and Emily for using their song without permission. In the process of investigating the case, we paid Emily a visit at her house and after speaking with her, she took us t
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